Shelbury Construction June Safari - 2008

Well after 2 years out of competition it looks like I will be able to make it out. Been doing tonnes of work over the last three weeks. yesterday alone spent near 12 hours straight between some re-wiring, remounting steering box, radiator, new pitman arm, fogs and other lil misc tings i found along the way. Got to get the van weigh at the Pine before it fully officially road legal again because there is some mix up witht he engine numbers.

Only real major show stoppers right now is that the wipers nah wukk. got to get that sort out during the week.

Here's the official press release for the event.
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MUD DOGS INTO BATTLE AGAIN
Shelbury Construction June Safari promises to be tough

The tough reputation earned over more than 50 years by the Barbados Rally Club's (BRC) longest-standing event looks set to be maintained when the Shelbury Construction June Safari runs off over the weekend of June 28/29. The second round of the 2008 BRC Mud Dogs Safari Championship - the season's most important navigational event - promises once again to challenge man and machine, in much the same way as 'The June Rally' has done every year since 1957.
The start is scheduled for 2.01pm on Saturday outside the ITC building at Warrens, after which competitors face around four hours of activity before the stopover at the Sand Dunes restaurant at approximately 6.00pm; the evening route will bring crews back to ITC by roughly 11.00pm. The Sunday morning restart from Searles, Christchurch, is slated for 8.01am, with the finish at the same venue five hours later.
New entry procedures in place for this event will carry forward into future rounds of the Mud Dogs Championship: entries opened at McEnearney Quality Inc in Wildey last Thursday (June 11) and will remain open until noon next Tuesday (June 24), after which there will be a final chance to enter at the Briefing Meeting, to be held at the BCTSA Clubhouse, Christchurch, at 7.00pm; the entry list will be published thereafter.
Chairman of the BRC Mud Dogs sub-committee, Leslie Alleyne, explained the new system: "All future events in 2008 will have the same arrangement, but there will be a penalty for entries taken at the briefing. Our aim is that, in 2009, no entries will be processed at the Briefing Meetings. There are two main reasons: first, it is an almost impossible task to have accurate information pertaining to Club membership and BMF status when entries are being processed at different locations, also the time involved that evening is considerable.
Alleyne added: "We're looking forward to an action-packed weekend, and I must offer a special thanks to Chris Armstrong and Shelbury Construction for their very generous support of this year's biggest navigational event. I hope we can repay their support by putting on an event that is challenging for competitors and enjoyable for spectators."
The route has been set by Darrin White and Robert Warren, who finished fourth in the season's opening event, the Toyo Tires February Safari, in the Flyin' Fish Nissan Frontier. The route has been re-checked by Kenny Croney and the navigation will be mostly Tulip, with some by the BRC system.
Alleyne noted: "In our efforts to work towards continuing to improve our events, we have recognised the frustrations encountered with vague pick-up points and the BRC system. These items will be addressed and special aid will be available to all novices for the BRC sections. Further information on these points will be available at the Briefing Meeting."

Date change

There has been a date change for the Mud Dogs; originally slated for Sunday, July 20, the July MudFest, which is to be sponsored by Castrol, has been put back to Sunday, August 24. Further details will be published in due course.

BRC Mud Dogs Safari Championship
Positions after round 1
Navigators
1st Anna-Lee Alleyne (Bridgestone Tires/AutoZone Inc Mitsubishi
Pajero iO), 60 points
2nd Neil Barnard (Mitsubishi L200), 58pts
3rd Robin Hinds (Yardman/Kar Parts Store Land Rover Defender), 56pts
4th Robert Warren (Flyin' Fish Nissan Frontier), 54pts
5th Lisa Roett (Land Rover Defender), 52pts
6th Kirk Watkins (Axis Construction Toyota Hilux), 50pts
7th Stephen Dear (SDRR Hydraulic & Industrial Spares Inc/Next
Generation Electrical Inc Toyota Hilux), 48pts
8th Geoffrey Goddard (Suzuki Samurai), 46pts
9th Renne Mings (Rezults Auto Shop Toyota Hilux), 44pts
10th Warren Gollop (Essco Mitsubishi Pajero), 42pts

Drivers
1st Leslie Alleyne (Bridgestone Tires/AutoZone Inc Mitsubishi Pajero iO), 60pts
2nd Barry Gale (Mitsubishi L200), 58pts
3rd Mark Western (Yardman/Kar Parts Store Land Rover Defender), 56pts
4th Darrin White (Flyin' Fish Nissan Frontier), 54pts
5th John Sealy (Land Rover Defender), 52pts
6th Sean Dowding (Axis Construction Toyota Hilux), 50pts
7th Dominic Brooker (SDRR Hydraulic & Industrial Spares Inc/Next Generation Electrical Inc Toyota Hilux), 48pts
8th Audley Croney (Suzuki Samurai), 46pts
9th Edson Arthur (Rezults Auto Shop Toyota Hilux), 44pts
10th Christopher Beckley (Essco Mitsubishi Pajero), 42pts